Display-stand.



C. H. LAUER.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED mm 23, 19v."

.1 ,26 1 1 38., Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

' whom n CARL H. LAUER, OF NEW YORK, Y. ASSIGN OR 0F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES H. BLADES,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed May 23, 1917. Serial No. 170,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. Lauren, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display stands for advertising merchandise and it is my object to produce a knock-down stand at a low cost, which can be shipped and stored flat and which, when set up will be strong and rigid.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a View of one element of my invention embodied in a shoe display stand; Fig. 2 a complementary member; Fig. 3 a view of the assembled shoe stand; and Fig. 4 a view of a table display stand embodying my invention.

I have illustrated but two forms of display stand embodying myinvention and do.

not limit myself to any arrangement, size, shape, materials ordecorations confining my invention to the mechanical interlock of the two parts which is of such a nature that when the parts are assembled the stand may be handled as a unit without danger of coming apart.

The main melnber a has feet 1 and 2, an upright portion 3 terminating in a top 4. The center 5 may be enlarged to form a space for advertising matter as shown. Slots 6 and 7 are made in the top and bottom edges as shown in Fig. 2.

The complementary member 5 comprises feet 8 and 9, body 10 and top 11. A small car 12 is formed at the bottom of the front edge 13 so that thenotch 14 is formed. The lug 15 extends forwardly from the to) of the front edge. The top 11 extends a ove this lug 15 and is notched at 16 to receive a shoe heel.

To assemble this shoe stand the notch 1 on the member 7) is hooked into the slot 6 in the member a and the lug 15 is pushed through the slot 7 producing the right angled structure shown in Fig. 3. The shoe heel rests in the notch 16 while the sole rests on the upper edge 17 of the top 4.-

In making a display stand table embodying my interlock as shown in Fig. 4 the feet 8 and 9 are symmetrically formed on the piece 5 and the lug 15 is carried forward and is symmetrical with respect to the other top arm 11. The piece a has the top extended outwardly on either side with duplicates at, 4" of the top'arms 15 and 11. Small ears 18 are formed on the outer, upper ends of the four arms-to hold the table top 21 from slipping. The slots (3, and 7 are formed in the member a and the ear 12' and notch 11 are formed in the front edge 13 of the member 5 (Fig. 4 being a broken View), I

The manner of assemblage is exactly the same as that of the shoe stand and the table is finished by placing the top 21 on the arms 15, 11, 1' and 1" the cars 18 preventing displacement.

In this form of interlock the member a cannot move vertically with respect to the member 7), the foot cannot come out of position and the frictional grip of the upper slot on the part a on the lug on the part b prevents accidental separation at this point.

1. A display stand comprising two members adapted to interlock at right angles one of which has feet, a body and a top, the top and bottom edges having inwardly extending slots, the other member having feet, a top and a body with a front edge, a small car at the bottom of the front edge forming a notch and an outwardly extending lug at the top of the front edge, one foot and the notch of the second member being adapted to engage the lower slot in the first member and the lug on the second member being -adapted to engage the upper slot in the first notch, said notch and one foot of the second New Y member being adapted to engage the lower 22nd da slot in the first member and one of the arms on the second member being adapted to enork and State of Nevy York y of May A. D. 1917.

CARL H. LAUER.

, this 5 gage the upper slot in the first member and Witnesses:

a top adapted to be secured to the upper arm. ROBERT B. KILLGORE,

Signed at New York city, in the county of MAY M. LIPP. 

